Spring Concert
Fanfares and Band Classics

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3:00 PM       
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston

Mallory Thompson conductor
Joseph Bello, euphonium


We will take advance reservations for this concert through 5:00 P.M. on Friday, April 13. After that, all ticket purchases must be made at the box office on Sunday, April 17. The box office will open at 2:30 P.M. on Sunday, April 15. Thank you.

Jack Stamp's rousing Gavorkna Fanfare and American composer Donald Grantham's Spangled Heavens open this enticing program. We are delighted to welcome back Air Force Technical Sergeant Joseph M. Bello to perform Karl King's thrilling composition The Melody Shop March and contemporary American composer David Gillingham's virtuosic Vintage with the NCB. Last appearing as the John P. Paynter Scholarship winner in 1995, Bello is a euphonium player with the Ceremonial Brass, the United States Air Force Band,Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. The program also includes Ralph Vaughan Williams' Flourish for Wind Band.


Program to include:
Jack Stamp - Gavorkna Fanfare
Donald Grantham - Spangled Heavens
David Gillingham - Vintage
Karl King - The Melody Shop
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Flourish for Wind Band
Henry Fillmore/arr. Fennell - The Klaxon


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